Emerson has introduced a range of turnkey industrial edge hardware and software to simplify creation of complex integrated industrial IoT applications.

The new solutions range from low footprint connectivity and computing to plantwide analytics and supervision, with pre-designed fit-for-purpose packages. The solutions are aimed at sectors such as food and beverage production, industrial machinery, renewable energy, and allow personnel to collect and visualise critical data and analytics locally for maintenance and optimisation.

PACSystems Edge Solutions are fully licensed and optimised combinations of Emerson’s edge and IIoT software and computing hardware. They leverage Movicon.NExT, WebHMI, Connext OPC UA server and the PACEdge platform in optimised software packages to provide connectivity, visualisation, and a cloud-enabled toolset. Users can connect openly to any field device or control system to create edge computing, plant and energy analytics and supervisory systems, then present that information on a single, common human machine interface (HMI) from machine to enterprise level.

Individual fit-for-purpose PACSystems Edge Solutions interconnect, unlocking easy scalability across the entire platform. Organisations can start with one application and build as future needs grow, easily expanding the value of solutions already in place.

RXi HMI is designed to improve visibility into machine operation and performance and empowers operators with quick access to critical information, while RXi Edge Computing harnesses data from any source to deliver real-time insights and machine learning that is immediately accessible to operators to improve decision making.

The RX3i Edge Controller is designed to unlock real-time process optimisation through high-speed, deterministic control and machine intelligence in a single device, while RXi Edge Analytics simplifies access and visibility to plant productivity, performance, and energy usage with intuitive, pre-configured analytics.

Connecting plant assets and production line data, RXi Supervisor provides a real-time view of production operations with anywhere-access visualisation.

“Accessing critical data and analytics right at the point of generation empowers plant personnel to take fast, informed action to improve production,” said Sabee Mitra, Emerson’s group president for Systems and Software. “With PACSystems Edge Solutions, any industry application using PLCs can deliver immediate insights when and where operators need them most while maintaining easy scalability.”